PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antoine Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keiji Numa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wallace comes to the cage accompanied by Pray by Jay-Z feat. Rob Dougan. Numa has chosen Ladies and Gentlemen as his entrance music. Keiji Numa will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Wallace
vs
Numa

175 cm
28
203 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

169 cm
26
180 lbs
9 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Down Under Supplements (AXES)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Antoine Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Keiji Numa!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Hugh Johnson and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Numa gets caught napping as Wallace dives in and scores a takedown. Numa manages to retain guard.
Numa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Numa is looking for a triangle but Wallace pushes his legs off easily.

Numa is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Wallace is aware though and is defending well.
Wallace works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Numa tries to get to full guard but Wallace has control of the leg.
Wallace thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Numa trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wallace throwing shots but Numa is blocking nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wallace tries to pass the half guard into mount. Numa knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Numa is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Wallace's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Wallace's back!
Numa tries to get the hooks in deep but Wallace pushed the leg off.

Numa working for the choke.
Wallace tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace is looking to get to half guard.

Numa with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Numa is working for a guillotine from mount but Wallace frees his head quite easily.

Numa moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Wallace has worked his arm free - good work by Wallace!
Numa tries to move into full mount but can't pass Wallace's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace regains half guard.
Numa trying to control the action but Wallace is working from the bottom.
Numa trying to pass the guard but Wallace defending well.
Numa moves into full mount! Wallace won't be happy about that!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wallace flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Wallace can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace is working hard here to advance position.

Numa goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Wallace is on top in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wallace accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Numa is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Wallace is aware though and is defending well.

Wallace avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Wallace working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Numa's head.

Numa looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Wallace is defending well. Numa quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Wallace has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Numa celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Keiji Numa!
Keiji Numa decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.